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10% royalty on Exxon would have put US$120M in budget 2024

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 10% royalty on Exxon would have put US$120M in budget 2024

Kaieteur News – Had Guyana applied a 10% royalty rate instead of the existing 2% rate on Exxon’s oil projects, the country would have had an additional US$120M (GY$25B) to allocate for its...

PNC/R to decide on ring-fencing after it takes office

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on PNC/R to decide on ring-fencing after it takes office

Kaieteur News – In the absence of the required well data from the Government of Guyana (GoG), the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), led by Mr. Aubrey Norton said it will wait until...

Gov’t borrowing on interest but allowing foreigners to fetch out Guyana’s wealth – Glenn Lall

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Gov’t borrowing on interest but allowing foreigners to fetch out Guyana’s wealth – Glenn Lall

Kaieteur News – Guyana has been blessed with bauxite, timber, gold, diamonds, manganese and oil but these resources are not being used to advance the country’s development trajectory....

Woman killed in Beterverwagting accident

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Woman killed in Beterverwagting accident

Kaieteur News – A 53-year-old woman died on Sunday morning after the vehicle she was travelling in crashed and toppled around 02:00hrs on the public road at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara...

Second driver in Ruimveldt smash-up succumbs

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Second driver in Ruimveldt smash-up succumbs

Kaieteur News – The death toll of the January 9 deadly smash-up which occurred in front of Ruimveldt Police Station in the city rose to three after the second driver involved in the accident...

Dorm was flagged for fire vulnerabilities; officials did nothing

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Dorm was flagged for fire vulnerabilities; officials did nothing

Mahdia COI report reveals… Kaieteur News – Three months before the Mahdia Secondary School female dormitory fire in May last year, which claimed the lives of 20 children, Sub-Officer in...

“If wishes were horses beggars would ride”

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on “If wishes were horses beggars would ride”

Dem Boys Seh… Kaieteur News – De annual Budget is like Christmas fuh some people. De public servants lining up like children waiting fuh Santa; de business class expecting more gifts than...

Time for a moratorium on the importation and breeding of pit bulls

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Peeping Tom Comments Off on Time for a moratorium on the importation and breeding of pit bulls

Kaieteur News – Some persons do not accept the label of pit bull dogs as dangerous. But the number of reported attacks on persons by these dogs, the frequency and the deadliness of these...

Ministers showing their faces, opening their mouths

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Editorial Comments Off on Ministers showing their faces, opening their mouths

Editorial… Kaieteur News – Once in a blue moon ministers of the PPP/C Government have gotten the green light. It is now a parade of PPP/C Government ministers racing for the podium and...

Flyover bridge to connect East Bank and East Coast on the horizon – Min. Edghill

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Flyover bridge to connect East Bank and East Coast on the horizon – Min. Edghill

Kaieteur News – Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill has said that the government intends to construct a flyover bridge that will link the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) with the East Coast of...

‘Greens Man’ who crashed into pick-up at Aranaputa dies

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘Greens Man’ who crashed into pick-up at Aranaputa dies

Kaieteur News – One week after he collided with a pick-up at Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi, Region Nine, vegetable vendor Randy Gilbert succumbed to his injuries in Brazil. Gilbert, called...

More small farmers need to participate in Farmers’ Market – Top Cop

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on More small farmers need to participate in Farmers’ Market – Top Cop

Kaieteur News – Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken has issued a call to small farmers to participate in the Force’s Farmers’ Market. Hicken made this comment on Saturday at the Guyana...

1600 prisoners to undergo rehab training this year

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on 1600 prisoners to undergo rehab training this year

…450 prison officers to trained Kaieteur News – A sum of $140.2 million has been set aside in this year’s budget to be expended on the rehabilitative training of 1600 inmates in the...

Rice production increase by 43,000 tonnes in 2023

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Rice production increase by 43,000 tonnes in 2023

… $1.3B allocated for growth of sector in 2024 budget Kaieteur News – Despite EL Nino weather conditions having an impact on the rice sector, production increased by 43, 000 in 2023 when...

Man fined $49.6M, jailed for 4 years for possession of $20M worth marijuana

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Man fined $49.6M, jailed for 4 years for possession of $20M worth marijuana

Kaieteur News – Thirty-nine-year-old Latchman Sankar also known as ‘Jack’ was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $49.6M on Friday by Magistrate Zamilla Ali-Seepaul, for...

Almost 1M int’l passenger movements recorded at ports-of entry in 2023

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Almost 1M int’l passenger movements recorded at ports-of entry in 2023

Kaieteur News – By the close of 2023, Guyana recorded 931,450 international passenger movements across its four key ports of entry: the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Eugene F...

Expansion of conflict in Gaza

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, News, The GHK Lall Column Comments Off on Expansion of conflict in Gaza

Hard truths… Kaieteur News – The farther East that one visits via global communication networks, the more menacing and volatile the circumstances confronted. I discern a broad region,...

Activist takes EAB to Court for upholding waiver of impact assessment

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Activist takes EAB to Court for upholding waiver of impact assessment

Wales Gas-to-Energy project… Kaieteur News – Rights activist, Danuta Radzik has filed legal proceedings in the High Court, challenging the Environmental Assessment Board’s (EAB’s)...

Tucber Park Cricket Club youth benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Tucber Park Cricket Club youth benefits from Project “Cricket Gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana”

Kaieteur Sports – Young and enthusiastic cricketer Dakshanarainsamy Narainsamy of Tucber Park Cricket Club is the latest to benefit from this project. He benefited before. At a simple ceremony...

The quarter-final stage is set for Saturday following the final group matches

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on The quarter-final stage is set for Saturday following the final group matches

NSC/EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League… Kaieteur Sports – The battle for supremacy and a place in the final of the National Sports Commission/East Bank Football Association Ralph Green...

Murders increased by 21.4% in 2023

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Murders increased by 21.4% in 2023

Kaieteur News – While overall serious crimes have seen a decline, a 21.4% increase in murder cases was recorded in 2023, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Home Affairs....

GTTA pleased with 2024 Budgetary allocation and plans for Sports

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GTTA pleased with 2024 Budgetary allocation and plans for Sports

Kaieteur Sports – “As President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) I wish to say that budget 2024 is unprecedented and a step in the right direction for the sector. I therefore...

$900M spent in 2023 on 97 vehicles for Police

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on $900M spent in 2023 on 97 vehicles for Police

Kaieteur News – Over the last three years, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has acquired a total of 493 vehicles to bolster its land and water transportation fleet. This was revealed by the...

Guyana Police force East Coast Division helps Youth and Sports clubs in division

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana Police force East Coast Division helps Youth and Sports clubs in division

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues to place emphasis on youths and sports development for young Guyanese in the various parts of Guyana. According to a release from the...

Golf continues to attract national attention due to GGA and MoE efforts

Jan 22, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Golf continues to attract national attention due to GGA and MoE efforts

Kaieteur Sports – The rapidly expanding sport of golf continues to gain traction around the country as the Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit Priority Programme and Cyril Potter College...

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Futebol Real Brazil executive Naranda Wislon visits Guyana

The GRA is batting out of its crease

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has once again demonstrated a perplexing propensity... more